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About The Omaha morning bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 19, 1923)
SHOPPING WITH POLLY THE ^ ^MAHA SUNDAY BEE markets ^OL. 53—NO. 10. , _PART TWO OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1923. l—B * FIVE CENTS WpJti's l aite * DCWELL PHOTO d'an.cy Ana Betty ‘BicJtat'clso^Lj Emily Burke s Paris Notes The American Male Shopping, Swan’s Feathers Coming in. Long Waists Still in, and Three-Quarter Sleeves Out. Paris in August is merely America let loose. And ■ portions of America are very peculiar. One large portion of it seems ample provocation for the customary European cartoon of the down trodden American husband and father. Its trousers invariably have a wistful sag, in common with its greyish rnustnche. its collar is large end comfortable and a gold watch chain forms a pseudo classic garland across the lower middle facade. This section of the'country i.i oftenest seen In the Louvre where It has a hunted expression, or on the Champs Elysees where It is usually two pa< to the tear of a competent '■ .,ig wife and a pretty, if »••■'. .elilgent daughter. Occasional!} it may be met huddled in a fauteull in a foi gotten corner of a dressmaking establishment, looking with dazed eyes ove^ the top of the New York Herald at tlie scene of carnage in front of it, hut the ' is more often encountered there decided embonpoint, a walking Stick and a jaunty eye. He sits boldly upright with a certain appreci ation for the pretty, quick, black gowned vendeuse who is slipping one gown after another over madame’s ample form. He rather likes the broken English, the little cries of "Eet ees parfait, n 'est ce pas, m'sieur? "Aaah — e’est Mignon, adorable.” A little so. It goes better.” "But It suits madame perfectly. La, la! Comme elle eet mince." And how Madame America bridles and turns before the long glasses, and how good naturedly M'sieur Amer ica pulls out his express checks! And how Jealously madame and her friends from Cleveland and Chicago compare styles and prices when they meet on the Rue Royalo for tea. Tea Table Taltle. "She's only charging me 700 francs —really only about HO, you know— and I couldn't touch It at home un der $125.” . . . "Smartest little wrap she’s making Julie. Copied front a Lanvin model, my dear, and it's sure to oe good next summer, too.” . . . "Did you ever see such delicious little cakes? I don't see why they can’t make them at. home." . . . "Look at the woman In black at that table over there. D'you think she's French? She looks It. I don’t b’lieve she's really In mourning at all. They Just get themselves up that way on _.fl?urpose because It looks so chic.” The babel of English rlseH and falls in the restaurants and the shops, where, two months ago, one heard only French, nnd where, two months lienee, the great. American voice will sgain be hushed and negligible. Parisians have fled heat and tourists for Deauville. Bt. Mato and Biarritz, the Zurf of the channel and the cool blue peaks of the Pyrenees. What are they, these wardrobes which are to burat upon hundreds of dazzled American communities next winter? Whatever the styles, there will he plenty of color. l’lum and nigger brown and navy blue seem to be permissible, but the day of hlack#Is temporarily done. Always French ■ women will wear It, but it is two years, say the dressmakers, since the craze for black struck Paris, wrapped the town In gloom and near ly put out the eyes of the poor little ouvrleres who must sew on It. White Is much more of a favorite in the forecasts for fall and winter evening gowns. Iteds, copper, beige and the persistent greens fill the shops, and flaming embroideries in Chinese and Egyptian patterns are everywhere. Short black coats covered with beige embroidery are popular, and informal evening coats heavily braided or em broidered in color are brought out again and again for American eyes. Yellow is a much worn color, particu larly this summer, at the seaside re sorts—a brave, bright shade, hut more becoming to dark-haired French and Spanish girls than to their American rivals. A Word About Materials. Moire Is staging a revival, and chiffon velvet will not die, especially in evening wraps, where It Is shirred and twisted and tortured Into huge stiff collurs which set off the face like a medieval ruff. Crepo moroc can. satin crepe and satin brocaded In satin of a deeper shade are all be ing fashioned into frocks, and one can find any style one pleases to look for. No sleeves, long sleeves or short sleeves may he worn. Only the three quarter sleeve is beyond the pale. The waist line still clings affection ately around the hips and may blouse "un petit pen" or not at all, as the Individual desires. Skirts seem to have forgotten the rumor that they were to shrink upward again. Their fullness must ho on the "side, hut tlfey may experiment with ruffles and apron overskirts If they like. Pleats, tiny ones, run wild, up and down and (Turn to I’sae Two. Ce'timn Se.en.) To Go to China. ■ Rev. Morrill S. Ady and bride of Hvanston, 111; Mr. and Mr*. Charlen Ady, Gertrud® and Robert, of Thin man, la., have been the fluentH of Mr. and Mr*. K. T. Munroe the pnst week. The Ady family are old resident* of Omaha. Rev. Ady and hia bride will *all Auk'JhI 22 from Hnn Francisco on the President Lincoln for China, where they will enter the mlanion field, Mont by the Lowe Avenue I’rea byterlan church. Miss Carpenter Honored. Miss Polly Burnett gave a four table bridge hist evening for Miss Eleanor Carpenter and her fluncc, Donald Pettis of Lincoln, GABBY If at First You. Don't Suc ceed. Telegraphers Help Romeo. Romance in the Younger Set. ’Nother Romance. Chinese Jeuelry. Ol’K DULCY is a fascinating di vorcee. With dark bobbed hair, and eyes like Louisville Lou's, for ’’she rolls ’em.” Tiie error in judgment of husband material she made several years ago she rectified only this spring, and. since one makes hay best while the sun shines, she has set upon a new remain •• this summer. Her new flame proves that experience may he a good teacher, for he Is a bound-to rise young business man connected with n local banking house and is far supe rior to the gentleman of the first venture. Luncheons and dinners together have followed each other with In creasing frequency, and only a short time ago they were guests at a week end house party in a neighboring town. -* TRUE love may have Its stumbling blocks, but iocal telegraph com panies will always be Its friends and well wishers. Last week the papers told again the oft repeated tale, another betro thal, this time that of a young col lege woman who Is to wed an east oner. To make up for his enforced absence on the day "sho told the world," the ardent youth sent her three throbbing messages over the wires,- and the next day three more She apparently preserved a stoical silence at least as fur as electrical means were concerned, for the after noon of tho second day her mother went to the phone to be told again it was the telegraph company call ing. "Ho, hum," said she politely, for since they were not for her It was getting a little bit boring, "what Ib It now?" “Wo have no message; but we were wondering If she didn’t want to send an answer to the young man?" was tho reply. 0.MA1IA Is Just attaining the age when genealogical tangles are al ways imminent in love affairs, and In the school set a lively affair Is brewing which Involves two branches of one of Omaha's most Im portant families. The daughter who like her mother before her Is really a beauty, will in all probability he in this year's court of Ak Sar Hen, for her mother wuh one of the fit at queens. The son, who is of another limb of the family troo, Is still in a largo eastern college. Ho is as handsome as she Is attractive, and Is exceeding ly popular In the Country club set. His mother is a social leader, his father an automobile dealer with a sense of humor, and his sister one of our most Interesting sub debs. nOUIiDST lend an ear to another of Gabby's tales? This one e.oncerns a romance which la bound to cause a stir In university circles, for one of Nebraska's football luminaries takes the lead In the plot. A quaint Christian name sits well on the shoulders of his lady love, for, though she is modern In dress, her charm Is the charm of Victorian Kil ls. She Is one of the few w ho has never been a flapper. In June she returned from the east, where she has been studying In a famous musical school, and Is adept at the piano. Her potential sister-in law Is also talented In the same way, and the lucky gentleman Is promising himself an unlimited amount of solos and duets In fireside hours. Gin' receiving Is getting to be s business for a specialist In this highly elaborate nge. One of our widows, who lives up to a widow's reputation tn the mat tar of charming the fair sox. ad inlts that somefrline* she hardly know* what to thank people for, so If was with a flgli of relief she wrote n note of seknow lodgement fot "n gold pendant" sent her by nil admirer. Ulie thought It a very beautiful objet d' art, as Indeed It was, with queer blue things and tiny corals wrought In It, and wna greatly dm grilled to Unit !t afterward* a very unusual example of Chinese feather work Jewelry. The "queer blue things" were silvers of feathers set In gold of that Inimitable blue so characteristic of things Chinese. Omahans Guests at Tea Dance in Maine. "Mr*. Joseph Bnldrlge has Issued Invitations for a tea dance to he giv en at her Itoekport home.” we read In a Boston paper, and Mrs. Bald rlge's parties are marvels of enter talning detail, well worthy of notice •lust now Miss Kmlly Keller is the truest of Gwendolen Wolff. Mis. Buld i go's daughter, and ahe will be among the guests, Herbert Connell who la attending a house party given by Miss Lydia Cook, of Portland, Me. will go to Itoekport for the affair ami Mrs. Ludovlc Crofoot with hey guest, Mrs Henrj Labelgor will come up from Northeast Harbor, Me. to be “among those present.” The pany will be given In the ''barn" on Mrs. Ualdrige s estate, '1 ho barn Is an exotic thing, decorated in orange and lightning blue, with a balcony for cards, and another where tea Is served. Ii la called the "barn” by way of courtesy to Us former slate, when It was more utllllnrlan Ihan esthetic. For Miss O'Neill’s Guests. In compliment to Miss Marie Wink hr of Cedar Itaphls, la . ami Miss Mueg.iret McDonald of Cedar June Moo, In . (lie gties 1 a of Miss Nora ci Neill, Miss Lucille Si ball entertain ed flvo gmsts at luncheon at tha Hmndcts restaurants on Saturday. Saturday evening Miss O'Neill enter tallied -I guests at the Happy Hollow dinner-dance for her guests. A motor Picnic Js planned for thla evening at Valley. Miss McDonald and Mlsa Winkler leave tomorrow for Kate* bark. v OEWELL PHOTO P 1 1 1 J -Ft-aKceiT Minaet'holtfo and t/^atcces ciedtJ'J' It might well be remarked of Omaha as well as of Monte Carlo that if one were to stay here and wait long enough one would meet the whole world. At least so It would seem when one considers the variety of places represented on Omaha’s guest book this week. From the Fmerald Isle, from golden California, from the sunny south, and from our next-door sister state, Omaha hostesses have taken their late summer visitors. Miss Rita Biggane, who comes all the way from Cork, Ireland, to be the guest of Miss Klicabeth Craig, ar rived last Monday and has since been the inspiration for many informal affairs. Miss Biggane and Miss Craig met in Sait Lake City six years ago during Miss Biggane’s first visit to this country. Then two years ago Miss Craig was a guest in the Biggane home in Ireland. On her second trip to America, Miss Biggane plans to visit not only Miss Craig hut also her brother in Ely, Nevada. The Irish girl is an excellent golfer and played ^ match Friday with Mrs. Walter Silver on the Happy Hol low course. It was Miss Biggane’s first game of golf In this country. Mrs. Mark Lcvings Is arranging for a match with Miss Biggane some time next week over the Field club course. Shi is a member of Muskery Country club and of the Douglas County club in Cork. Fourteen-year-old Miss Betty Richardson of I>os Angeles, who has been tin* guest this past week of Miss Nancy Hulst, is already a seasoned traveler. With her grandmother, Mrs. T. B. Hard of Central City, Neb., and her mother, Mrs. William Richardson, she left in January on a four of the continent and a trip to the far east, which Included Jerusalem, Cairo and Luxor. When the party returned in June, they all stopped with Mrs. Hord in Central City instead of returning to California. Miss Richardson left Omaha Friday after her week’s visit with Miss Hulst, to join her mother in Central City, before going on west. She will attend a girl’s hoarding school in Palo Alto, Cal., where she may he near her brother, William, who attends Iceland Stanford university. A hand-woven negligee in an oriental purplish hue. richly embroidered in gold threads, in odd Bibical de signs. Is one of the most Interesting things which Miss Richardson brought with her from her trip. It was pur chased in Jerusalem. Miss Richardson also has a silver bracelet upon which are strung various little souvenirs from the numerous cities she visited. \ tiny silver gondola from Venice, a Joan of Arc from Orleans, a skull from flip Catacombs, a bambino from Florence, and a guitar from Seville arc among these curios. Ml lo\ers of travel would be interested in Miss Richardson's log hook which is Illustrated throughout with the kodak pictures she took on the journey. A number of informal affairs were given for Miss Richardson during her stay here. 1’roni St. Louis come* Mis* .lime C. Henckler, who is spending a few weeks here as the guest of her fiance, Verne \ mice, and Ills parents. Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Vance. Miss Henckler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F R Henckler and is a sophomore in the Washington university In St. Louis. She is a member of Delta Gamma there. Mi>s Henckler takes great interest In elocution and is a very fine reader. She is also an accomplished pianist and ringer. Inning a lytic soprano voice. • Mi*s France* Sears of De* Moines, who ha* been the guest for the past two weeks of Miss F'ranees Linder holm, lea\es today for her home. Mis* Scars and Mis* Lindeiiiolm were roommates in National Park seminary in Washington. IF. < .. from which both were graduated in June. A number of affairs were given for Miss Sears during her stay, she is an artist and has done quite a bit of work in oil paintings. Has Babies' First Shoes Cast in Bronze Fond parent.' who cherish cunning keepsakes of their children’s infant days, keepsakes which are yellowing and wearing away with time, will envy Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Sugar man. who cleverly devised a way to preserve these mementoes. Next to a baby's first word which of course Is almost sacred to the fath er and mother are the itttto shoes In which they took their first stumbling "tepa, and so Mrs. Rugarmnn seat the first little slipper of her daughter. Audrey, who Is now 9 years old, to New York to have It metallized in bronze. When Sherman. 8. and Kttn, t'ecllle. 3, were through their first shoes, she sent one of each pair on east, and now the three stand on a table In the living room, the most valued If not the most valuable orna ments In the room. Scuffed and tnttered at the toe. It Is easy for Mr. and Mrs. Rugarmnn to see In them strong little baby bottles, stoutly plodding nbout, from the first halting shove of one foot before the other, to the little run with Its Invariable tumble at the end. 1 or Mid* .Metcalfe. Ml" Katherine Wyatt of Rt. T.ouls arrived Saturday and will be the guest of Miss Kao he! Metcalfe, whose bridesmaid she will l>e at her wedding September 1. Friday evening Mr and Mrs Harry Hough gave a dinner for Mi's Met oalfc and her fiance, Kdward Phelps, and Saturday the Misses Helen and I'orothy Pogue and Miss latum Zlm merman gave a luncheon bridge at Pon gees Nash For Mrs. Mayor. Miss Norma Morford entertained for I eight guests at the Field club on Sat in day evening in honor of her guest, Mrs It I.. Mayer of Memphis, Tenn Tito guestastncluded the Misses Sarah Stneaton and T.urtla Parks, and Messrs. Durban Tripp, Kay Phelps. Curtis Dutton and Ray Norenw Paris Trousseaux in Omaha Miss Rector to Wed Announcement .a made today by Mr. and Mrs. E. T- Rector of the approaching marriage of their daugh ter. I.ucllle. to By’ron Hunter. The bride-to-be who has been summering In Europe with a party of friends from the Prinelpia school In St. Louis will return September 3 and win be wed a few days later In New York at the famous Little Church Around the Corner. The announcement reminds us that unite a few of this season's brides have purchased their trousseaux In Europe. Miss Rector writes of gowns and suits selected in Poiret's 'Parisian! salon, and describes a throe piece j afternoon costume of blue with bright , embroideries which she will he mar ried in. Mr. llunter and the Rectors leave Hus week for the east, traveling by motor, and following tbe marriage the young couple will lour tfio At lantic seahon'rd until October 1, whence they will return to make their home here. .Mr. and Mrs Rector will go to Montreal and Quebec. Miss Rector is one of Omaha's most talented daughters, and one who has given most Intensive study to art. She is a graduate of the Prinelpia school and of Columbia university. The past year, until spring, she de voted to portrait work in New York Mr. llunler who Is formerly of Fre mont is a graduate of the Vnlversltv of Nebraska, where he was a member of Alpha Sigma Phi. Fortune's favorites are those who possess those rarities, lovely linens brought directly from the continent. Miss Eleanor Carpenter Is one who is doubly favored for -die will su,t tier wedded life with some of these among her bridal Accessories Be sides being a European traveler. Miss Carpenter spent part of her school life III Switzerland. where she studied under Frau Meyer Brun On her latest trip abroad. Miss Carpenter was Frau Meyer Bruns guest for a short time and when she left was pre Rented with an exceedingly handsome l-anquet set of finest damask which had been In Frau Brun s own dowery. and In Frau Brun s aunt's before her. On It Is pictured a hunting scene quite different from the conventional wreaths and garlands that dec orate most tables Miss Carper.tet also is possessed of many exquisite lingeries brought from Paris. Miss Emily Burke who will be a fall bride. Is still In England, having sailed abroad In April, and is bring ing kick many lovely additions to her hope chest. In September Miss Vernelie Head will leave tc go to visit Mr. and Mrs Arthur C. Baur in Paris. Ahead of her she has the fascinating business of sclenting her tfousseau* from French shops, with which she is well acquainted. Miss Head will lie married here in January, so on this trip she will go house hunting with her fiance. Ray mond Baur. "This finding a home is a stupendous business even here. ’ Miss Head said befoi-e she left for s motoring trip in the west, ''imagine what a terr.fying thing :t wilt be o\er there." • Iho Brogans Return. A » ablegram rtveiv ed by friend* SUurtlay niorn r*; s.t tl Mr. and Mr*. Kruno;.** A PivgMn hoi s : 11^.1 F: dav from Liverpool on the Regina of the White Star line. They w-’l land in Montreal August 25 and will return to Omaha September 1 Mr. and Mr* Brogan left in .Tune for a Kuro pean \oyage and during their ab aonee their *on, Maurice. of TV** Molne*. w ,s married fo Mis* Mm jorif Kut ter. The wedding, which had been announced in K»bru,ar> had been intended for the fall Honoring Mi" Marsh. Mss Alma tine Fampbell * ten yjj * three tables of bridge at her Iinme last ewning. with via mg »(* Fountrv club following in honor of her guest, Mis* Urate Marsh of Oh • c.ago Mias Maish. w h > was une\ pootedly called N»rk to her homtt leave* today*
